Media Development

The Office of Strategy and Development promotes the BBG’s mission through a wide range of projects that strengthen free and open media worldwide to provide accurate, objective and balanced news and information to audiences overseas. Principal activities include:

Public-Private partnerships with U.S. government agencies, non-governmental organizations, foundations and commercial and public broadcasters to create programs that support democratic institutions, good governance, the free flow of information and the free enterprise system.

Supporting multi-platform news and information programs

Training journalists, editors and media executives in sales and marketing, basic journalism, ethics, investigative, health and business reporting, among other subjects.